EP3002937A1

EP3002937A1 - Method for presenting list of access points and device thereof

Info

Publication number: EP3002937A1
Application number: EP15187588.7A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Jialin FAN; Heng QU; Huixing Jia
Original assignee: Xiaomi Inc
Current assignee: Xiaomi Inc
Priority date: 2014-09-30
Filing date: 2015-09-30
Publication date: 2016-04-06
Anticipated expiration: 2035-09-30
Also published as: WO2016050040A1; KR20160048709A; MX2015006907A; JP6134454B2; BR112015015112A2; RU2015121718A; US20160095049A1; US10271268B2; KR101700337B1; JP2017501647A; EP3002937B1; CN104394263A; RU2615174C2; MX349779B

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method for presenting a list of wireless access points and a device thereof, which belongs to the field of electronic display. The method includes: acquiring an identifier of each wireless access point detected by a terminal; judging whether at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, wherein the predetermined identifier is an identifier corresponding to an accessing record stored in the terminal, and the accessing record comprises historical information indicating that the terminal has ever accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier; and if a result of the judging is that the at least one predetermined identifier exists, presenting the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure generally relates to the field of electronic display, and more particularly, to a method for presenting a list of wireless access points and a device thereof.

BACKGROUND

Before establishing a connection with a Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) access point, a wireless-enabled terminal such as a smart phone typically presents to a user an identifier of each of detected access points in a form of a list, for the user to select one access point from the list to access.
In the related art, the terminal typically presents the identifier of each of the detected Wi-Fi access points in a list of access points according to a lexicographical order (for example the order of the English dictionary). For example, when the identifiers of the Wi-Fi access points are composed of English letters, the terminal firstly compares initial letters of the identifiers of the detected Wi-Fi access points, then present an identifier of a Wi-Fi access point which has an initial letter in the front of the English dictionary at a top end of the list of access points. For identifiers with a same initial letter, second letters will then be compared according to the English dictionary order, and so on, so forth.
When a large number of Wi-Fi access points are detected by the terminal, if the identifiers of these Wi-Fi access points are presented in the list of access points according to the English dictionary order, the user cannot quickly find the Wi-Fi access point which he/she intends to access, which may waste user's time and affect user experience.

SUMMARY

In order to overcome the problem in the related art that when a large number of Wi-Fi access points are detected by the terminal, which lead to the user not quickly finding the Wi-Fi access point which he/she intends to access, which wastes user's time and affects user experience, a method for presenting a list of wireless access points and a device thereof are provided by the present disclosure. The technical solutions are as follows.
In a first aspect, there provides a method for presenting a list of access points, including:

acquiring an identifier of each wireless access point detected by a terminal;
judging whether at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, wherein the predetermined identifier is an identifier corresponding to an accessing record stored in the terminal, and the accessing record compriseshistorical information that the terminal has ever accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier; and
if a result of the judging is that the at least one predetermined identifier exists, presenting the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier.

In a particular embodiment, the presenting the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier, includes:

when the accessing record contains a number of times that the terminal accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, presenting the at least one predetermined identifier at a top end of the list of access points according to a large-to-small order of the number of times that the terminal accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the at least predetermined identifier; and
when the accessing record contains a time that the terminal most recently accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, presenting the at least one predetermined identifier at the top end of the list of access points according to a late-to-early order of the time that the terminal most recently accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the at least predetermined identifier.

In a particular embodiment, the method further includes:

receiving a designated operation with respect to the list of access points; and
presenting in the list of access points according to a predetermined order other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points,
wherein the predetermined order includes:
- a lexicographical order,
- a far-to-close order of a distance between the wireless access point and the terminal, or
- a strong-to-weak order of a strength of a signal of the wireless access point received by the terminal.

In a particular embodiment, the presenting in the list of access points according to a predetermined order other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points, includes:

presenting below the at least one predetermined identifier other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points.

In a particular embodiment, the method further includes:

hiding the at least one predetermined identifier.

In a particular embodiment, the method further includes:

if the result of the judging is that the at least one predetermined identifier does not exist, presenting the identifier of each of the wireless access points in the list of access points according to a predetermined order,
wherein the predetermined order including:
- a lexicographical order,
- a far-to-close order of a distance between the wireless access point and the terminal, or
- a strong-to-weak order of a strength of a signal of the wireless access point received by the terminal.

In a particular embodiment, the method further includes:

when the terminal accesses one wireless access point of the wireless access points, and the one wireless access point is an access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, updating the accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the one wireless access point; and
when the terminal accesses one wireless access point of the wireless access points, and the one wireless access point is not an access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, creating an accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the wireless access point.

In a second aspect, there provides a device for presenting a list of wireless access points, including:

an identifier-acquiring module, configured to acquire an identifier of each wireless access point detected by a terminal;
a judging module, configured to judge whether at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, wherein the predetermined identifier is an identifier corresponding to an accessing record stored in the terminal, and the accessing record comprises historical information indicating that the terminal has ever accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier; and
a first presenting module, configured to, if a result of the judging module is that the at least one predetermined identifier exists, present the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier.

In a particular embodiment, the first presenting module includes:

a first presenting sub-module, configured to, when the accessing record contains a number of times that the terminal accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, present the at least one predetermined identifier at a top end of the list of access points according to a large-to-small order of the number of times that the terminal accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the at least predetermined identifier; and
a second presenting sub-module, configured to, when the accessing record contains a time that the terminal most recently accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, present the at least one predetermined identifier at the top end of the list of access points according to a late-to-early order of the time that the terminal most recently accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the at least predetermined identifier.

In a particular embodiment, the device further includes:

an operation-receiving module, configured to receive a designated operation with respect to the list of access points; and
a second presenting module, configured to present in the list of access points according to a predetermined order other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points,
wherein the predetermined order includes:
- a lexicographical order,
- a far-to-close order of a distance between the wireless access point and the terminal, or
- a strong-to-weak order of a strength of a signal of the wireless access point received by the terminal.

In a particular embodiment, the second presenting module is configured to present below the at least one predetermined identifier other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points.
In a particular embodiment, the device further includes:

a hiding module, configured to hide the at least one predetermined identifier.

In a particular embodiment, the device further includes:

a third presenting module, configured to, if the result of the judging module is that the at least one predetermined identifier does not exist, present the identifier of each of the wireless access points in the list of access points according to a predetermined order,
wherein the predetermined order includes:
- a lexicographical order,
- a far-to-close order of a distance between the wireless access point and the terminal, or
- a strong-to-weak order of a strength of a signal of the wireless access point received by the terminal.

In a particular embodiment, the device further includes:

a record-updating module, configured to, when the terminal accesses one wireless access point of the wireless access points, and the one wireless access point is an access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, update the accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the one wireless access point; and
a record-creating module, configured to, when the terminal accesses one wireless access point of the wireless access points, and the one wireless access point is not an access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, create an accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the one wireless access point.

In a third aspect, there is provided a terminal for presenting a list of wireless access points, including:

a processor; and
a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;
wherein the processor is configured to perform:
- acquiring an identifier of each wireless access point detected by the terminal;
- judging whether at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, wherein the predetermined identifier is an identifier corresponding to an accessing record stored in the terminal, and the accessing record comprises historical information indicating that the terminal has ever accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier; and
- if a result of the judging is that the at least one predetermined identifier exists, presenting the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a computer program, which when executed on a processor of a terminal, performs a method according to the first aspect of the present disclosure.
This program can use any programming language and take the form of source code, object code or a code intermediate between source code and object code, such as a partially compiled form, or any other desirable form.
The advantageous effects brought by the technical solutions according to the embodiments of the present disclosure include the following:

by acquiring an identifier of each wireless access point detected by a terminal, if it is judged that at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, the terminal presents the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier, such that an identifier of a wireless access point may be presented in the list of access points in a more conspicuous manner if it is judged that the detected wireless access point is a wireless access point that the terminal has ever been connected to, thereby it may solve the problem in the related art that when a large number of Wi-Fi access points are detected by the terminal, the user cannot quickly find the Wi-Fi access point which he/she intends to access, and it may achieve the objective of saving user's time and improving user experience.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Fig.1 is a schematic diagram of an implementing environment involved in a method for presenting a list of wireless access points according to some exemplary embodiments;
Fig.2 is a flow chart of a method for presenting a list of wireless access points according to an exemplary embodiment;
Fig.3 is a flow chart of a method for presenting a list of wireless access points according to another exemplary embodiment;
Fig.4 is a schematic diagram of presenting a predetermined identifier according to another exemplary embodiment;
Fig.5 is a schematic diagram of presenting another predetermined identifier according to another exemplary embodiment;
Fig.6 is a flow chart of a method for presenting a list of wireless access points according to still another exemplary embodiment;
Fig.7 is a schematic diagram of presenting a non-predetermined identifier according to still another exemplary embodiment;
Fig.8 is a schematic diagram of presenting another non-predetermined identifier according to still another exemplary embodiment;
Fig.9 is a block diagram of a device for presenting a list of wireless access points according to an exemplary embodiment;
Fig.10 is a block diagram of a device for presenting a list of wireless access points according to another exemplary embodiment; and
Fig.11 is a block diagram of a device for presenting a list of wireless access points according to an exemplary embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The following description refers to the accompanying drawings in which the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise represented. The implementations set forth in the following description of exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with the invention. Instead, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with aspects related to the invention as recited in the appended claims.
Referring to Fig.1, which is a schematic diagram of an implementing environment involved in a method for presenting a list of wireless access points provided by exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. The implementing environment includes: a terminal 120 and some wireless access points 140.
The terminal 120 may be a smart terminal which may access a wireless network, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, an E-book reader, a laptop computer or a desktop computer connected with a wireless network adapter.
The wireless access point 140 may be a Wi-Fi access point.
Fig.2 is a flow chart of a method for presenting a list of wireless access points according to an exemplary embodiment. In the present embodiment, the method for presenting a list of wireless access points is applied in, for example, the implementing environment as shown in Fig.1, wherein the method for presenting a list of wireless access points is applied to the terminal 120 in the implementing environment as shown in Fig.1. As shown in Fig.2, the method for presenting a list of wireless access points may include the following steps.
In step 202, an identifier of each wireless access point detected by the terminal is acquired.
In step 204, it is judged whether at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, the predetermined identifier being an identifier corresponding to an accessing record stored in the terminal, and the accessing record comprises historical information indicating that the terminal has ever accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier.
In step 206, if a result of the judging is that the at least one predetermined identifier exists, the at least one predetermined identifier is presented in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier.
In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when it is judged that an identifier of a detected wireless access point corresponds to an accessing record stored in the terminal, it may be determined that the wireless access point is a wireless access point that the terminal has ever accessed. Since the user may probably select the wireless access point once again, the identifier of the wireless access point shall be presented in the list of access points in a more conspicuous manner when the list of access points is displayed, such that the user may more easily find the wireless access point he/she intends to access, so as to save the user's time.
Accordingly, in the method for presenting a list of wireless access points provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, by acquiring an identifier of each wireless access point detected by a terminal, if it is judged that at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, the terminal presents the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier, such that an identifier of a wireless access point may be presented in the list of access points in a more conspicuous manner if it is judged that the detected wireless access point is a wireless access point that the terminal has ever been connected to, thereby it may solve the problem in the related art that when a large number of Wi-Fi access points are detected by the terminal, the user cannot quickly find the Wi-Fi access point which he/she intends to access, and it may achieve the objective of saving user's time and improving user experience.
Specifically, there may be many methods for the terminal to present the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier, for example, the terminal may presents the at least one predetermined identifier at a top end of the list of access points; or, present the at least one predetermined identifier with a special color, background or pattern; or, present the accessing record corresponding to the predetermined identifier in a display area of the predetermined identifier in the list of access points. In the following embodiments of the present disclosure, the solution of the present disclosure will be described in detail with an example in which the at least one predetermined identifier is presented at a top end of the list of access points.
Fig.3 is a flow chart of a method for presenting a list of wireless access points according to another exemplary embodiment. In the present embodiment, the method for presenting a list of wireless access points is applied in, for example, the implementing environment as shown in Fig.1, wherein the method for presenting a list of wireless access points is applied to the terminal 120 in the implementing environment as shown in Fig.1. As shown in Fig.3, the method for presenting a list of wireless access points may include the following steps.
In step 302, an identifier of each wireless access point detected by the terminal is acquired.
Wherein an identifier of a wireless access point may be a SSID (Service Set Identifier) of the corresponding wireless access point.
For example, in case where the terminal is a smart phone, the wireless access point is a Wi-Fi access point, and the identifier of the access point is a SSID of the access point, and when the smart phone scans the access points, after it receives a beacon frame periodically sent by a Wi-Fi access point near the smart phone, the smart phone sends a probe request frame to the Wi-Fi access point. After receiving the probe request frame, the Wi-Fi access point returns a probe response frame carrying with a SSID of the Wi-Fi access point to the smart phone.
In step 304, it is judged whether at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points; if it exists, the method proceeds to step 306; and if it does not exist, the method proceeds to step 308.
The predetermined identifier is an identifier corresponding to an accessing record stored in the terminal, and the accessing record comprises historical information indicating that the terminal has ever accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier.
Wherein the identifier of the Wi-Fi access point that has been ever accessed by the smart phone, and the accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the Wi-Fi access point that has been ever accessed by the smart phone may be stored in advance in a local database of the smart phone. The accessing record may contain a number of times that the smart phone accessed the Wi-Fi access point, or the accessing record may contain a time point of each time the smart phone accessed the Wi-Fi access point, or the accessing record may contain both a number of times that the smart phone accessed the Wi-Fi access point and a time point of each time the smart phone accessed the Wi-Fi access point.
In step 306, the at least one predetermined identifier is presented in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier.
When the accessing record contains a number of times that the terminal accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, the at least one predetermined identifier is presented at a top end of the list of access points according to a large-to-small order of the number of times that the terminal accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the at least predetermined identifier. When the accessing record contains a time that the terminal most recently accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, the at least one predetermined identifier is presented at a top end of the list of access points according to a late-to-early order of the time that the terminal most recently accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the at least predetermined identifier.
For example, in case where the terminal is a smart phone, the wireless access point is a Wi-Fi access point, and the identifier of the access point is a SSID of the access point, assuming that 6 Wi-Fi access points are detected by the smart phone scans, the SSIDs of the 6 Wi-Fi access points are respectively Axxxx, Bxxxx, Cxxxxx, Dxxxxx, Exxxxx and Fxxxxx, wherein Bxxxx, Cxxxxx and Exxxxx are predetermined identifiers, that is to say, accessing records respectively corresponding to Bxxxx, Cxxxxx and Exxxxx are stored in the smart phone, indicating that the smart phone has ever accessed these Wi-Fi access points corresponding to these SSIDs. The schematic diagrams of presenting two kinds of predetermined identifiers provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure are respectively as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.
As shown in Fig.4, when an accessing record corresponding to a SSID stored in a smart phone40 contains a number of times that the smart phone accessed the access point corresponding to the SSID, the smart phone 40 may present Bxxxx, Cxxxxx and Exxxxx at a top end of a list 41 of access points according to a large-to-small order of the number of accessing times, wherein the access point corresponding to Cxxxxx has most times (100 times), the access point corresponding to Exxxxx has middle times (10 times), the access point corresponding to Bxxxx has least times (1 time). The smart phone 40 presents Cxxxxx at a first position of the list 41 of access points from top to down, presents Exxxxx at a second position and presents Bxxxxx at a third position. Meanwhile, the number of times accessed by the smart phone is displayed at a designated position 42 at a right side of each SSID.
Alternatively, as shown in Fig.5, when an accessing record corresponding to a SSID stored in a smart phone 50 contains a time that the smart phone 50 most recently accessed the access point corresponding to the SSID, the smart phone 50 may present Bxxxx, Cxxxxx and Exxxxx at a top end of a list 51 of access points according to a late-to-early order of the time of the most recent access, wherein a time that the smart phone 50 most recently accessed the access point corresponding to Cxxxxx is latest (one day ago), secondly is the access point corresponding to Exxxxx (one week ago), and a time that access point corresponding to Bxxxxx is most recently accessed is earliest to the current time (one month ago). The smart phone 50 presents Cxxxxx at a first position of the list 51 of access points from top to down, presents Exxxxx at a second position and presents Bxxxxx at a third position. Meanwhile, the time interval from the time that the smart phone 50 most recently accessed the corresponding access point to the current time is displayed at a designated position 52 at a right side of each SSID.
In step 308, the identifier of each of the wireless access points is presented in the list of access points according to a predetermined order.
Wherein the predetermined order includes: a lexicographical order, a far-to-close order of a distance between the wireless access point and the terminal, or a strong-to-weak order of a strength of a signal of the wireless access point received by the terminal.
If it is judged that none of the identifiers of the wireless access points detected by the terminal has a corresponding accessing record stored in the terminal, it means that a wireless access point which the terminal has ever accessed does not exist among the detected wireless access points. In this case, the identifiers of the wireless access points may be presented in the list of access points in an English alphabet order, a strong-to-weak order of the signal or a far-to-close order of the distance.
For example, when they are presented in an English alphabet order, an identifier of a wireless access point which has an initial letter in the front of the English dictionary is presented at a topmost end of the list of access points. For identifiers with a same initial letter, second letters will then be compared according to the English dictionary order, and so on, so forth.
In addition, when the identifiers of the wireless access points also include Arabic numerals, the terminal presents the identifiers with initial characters being English letters in priority at the topmost end of the list of access points, and secondly presents the identifiers with initial characters being Arabic numerals. That is, the priority of English letters is higher than that of Arabic numerals. Similarly, in case where initial characters of identifiers are a same Arabic numeral, second characters of the identifiers will then be compared.
When the list of access points is presented in a strong-to-weak order of the signal or a far-to-close order of the distance, the terminal may measure the strength of the signal sent by each of the access points, and present the identifiers of the wireless access points in the list of access points in a strong-to-weak order of the signal, wherein an identifier of an access point with the strongest signal is presented at the topmost end of the list of access points, and an identifier of an access point with the weakest signal is presented at the bottommost end of the list of access points. Alternatively, the terminal may also measure the distance between each of the access points and the terminal, and present the identifiers of the wireless access points in the list of access points in a far-to-close order of the distance, wherein an identifier of an access point closest to the terminal is presented at the topmost end of the list of access points, and an identifier of an access point farthest to the terminal is presented at the bottommost end of the list of access points.
In step 310, when the terminal accesses one wireless access point of the wireless access points, an accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the one wireless access point is updated or created.
Wherein when the terminal accesses one wireless access point of the wireless access points, and the one wireless access point is an access point corresponding to a predetermined identifier, the accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the one wireless access point is updated.
When the terminal accesses one wireless access point of the wireless access points, and the one wireless access point is not an access point corresponding to a predetermined identifier, an accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the one wireless access point is created.
For example, in case where the terminal is a smart phone, and the wireless access point is a Wi-Fi access point, each time the smart phone accesses the Wi-Fi access point, a piece of accessing information is generated, and the accessing information contains information such as the time point of the current access. The smart phone updates or creates an accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the Wi-Fi access point according to the accessing information.
For example, when the smart phone has already stored the accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the Wi-Fi access point, the number of times that the smart phone accessed the Wi-Fi access point in the accessing record may be increased by 1. Alternatively, the time that the smart phone most recently accessed the Wi-Fi access point in the accessing record may be updated with the time of the current access.
When the smart phone has not stored an accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the Wi-Fi access point, a piece of accessing record may be newly created, and the number of times that the smart phone accessed the Wi-Fi access point in the accessing record may be set to 1. Alternatively, the time that the smart phone most recently accessed the Wi-Fi access point in the accessing record may be set to the time of the current access. The smart phone stores in local the identifier of the Wi-Fi access point and the newly created accessing record.
Accordingly, in the method for presenting a list of wireless access points provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, by acquiring an identifier of each wireless access point detected by a terminal, if it is judged that at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, the terminal presents the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier, such that an identifier of a wireless access point may be presented in the list of access points in a more conspicuous manner if it is judged that the detected wireless access point is a wireless access point that the terminal has ever been connected to, thereby it may solve the problem in the related art that when a large number of Wi-Fi access points are detected by the terminal, the user cannot quickly find the Wi-Fi access point which he/she intends to access, and it may achieve the objective of saving user's time and improving user experience.
Fig.6 is a flow chart of a method for presenting a list of wireless access points according to still another exemplary embodiment. In the present embodiment, the method for presenting a list of wireless access points is applied in, for example, the implementing environment as shown in Fig.1, wherein the method for presenting a list of wireless access points is applied to the terminal 120 in the implementing environment as shown in Fig.1. As shown in Fig.6, the method for presenting a list of wireless access points may include the following steps.
In step 602, an identifier of each wireless access point detected by the terminal is acquired.
Wherein an identifier of a wireless access point may be a SSID of the corresponding wireless access point.
For example, in case where the terminal is a smart phone, the wireless access point is a Wi-Fi access point, and the identifier of the access point is a SSID of the access point, and when the smart phone scans the access points, after it receives a beacon frame periodically sent by a Wi-Fi access point near the smart phone, the smart phone sends a probe request frame to the Wi-Fi access point. After receiving the probe request frame, the Wi-Fi access point returns a probe response frame carrying with a SSID of the Wi-Fi access point to the smart phone.
In step 604, it is judged whether at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points; if it exists, the method proceeds to step 606; and if it does not exist, the method proceeds to step 610.
The predetermined identifier is an identifier corresponding to an accessing record stored in the terminal, and the accessing record comprises historical information indicating that the terminal has ever accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier.
Wherein the identifier of the Wi-Fi access point that has been ever accessed by the smart phone, and the accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the Wi-Fi access point that has been ever accessed by the smart phone may be stored in advance in a local database of the smart phone. The accessing record may contain a number of times that the smart phone accessed the Wi-Fi access point, or the accessing record may contain a time point of each time the smart phone accessed the Wi-Fi access point, or the accessing record may contain both a number of times that the smart phone accessed the Wi-Fi access point and a time point of each time the smart phone accessed the Wi-Fi access point.
In step 606, the at least one predetermined identifier is presented in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier.
When the accessing record contains a number of times that the terminal accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, the at least one predetermined identifier is presented at a top end of the list of access points according to a large-to-small order of the number of times that the terminal accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the at least predetermined identifier. When the accessing record contains a time that the terminal most recently accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, the at least one predetermined identifier is presented at a top end of the list of access points according to a late-to-early order of the time that the terminal most recently accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the at least predetermined identifier.
For example, in case where the terminal is a smart phone, the wireless access point is a Wi-Fi access point, and the identifier of the access point is a SSID of the access point, assuming that 6 Wi-Fi access points are detected by the smart phone scans, the SSIDs of the 6 Wi-Fi access points are respectively Axxxx, Bxxxxx, Cxxxxx, Cxxxxx, Exxxxx and Fxxxxx, wherein Bxxxx, Cxxxxx and Exxxxx are predetermined identifiers, that is to say, accessing records respectively corresponding to Bxxxx, Cxxxxx and Exxxxx are stored in the smart phone, indicating that the smart phone has ever accessed these Wi-Fi access points corresponding to these SSIDs. The schematic diagrams of presenting two kinds of predetermined identifiers provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure are respectively as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.
As shown in Fig.4, when an accessing record corresponding to a SSID stored in a smart phone40 contains a number of times that the smart phone accessed the access point corresponding to the SSID, the smart phone 40 may present Bxxxxx, Cxxxxx and Exxxxx at a top end of a list 41 of access points according to a large-to-small order of the number of accessing times, wherein the access point corresponding to Cxxxxx has most times (100 times), the access point corresponding to Exxxxx has middle times (10 times), the access point corresponding to Bxxxx has least times (1 time). The smart phone 40 presents Cxxxxx at a first position of the list 41 of access points from top to down, presents Exxxxx at a second position and presents Bxxxxx at a third position. Meanwhile, the number of times accessed by the smart phone is displayed at a designated position 42 at a right side of each SSID.
Alternatively, as shown in Fig.5, when an accessing record corresponding to a SSID stored in a smart phone 50 contains a time that the smart phone 50 most recently accessed the access point corresponding to the SSID, the smart phone 50 may present Bxxxx, Cxxxxx and Exxxxx at a top end of a list 51 of access points according to a late-to-early order of the time of the most recent access, wherein a time that the smart phone 50 most recently accessed the access point corresponding to Cxxxxx is latest (one day ago), secondly is the access point corresponding to Exxxxx (one week ago), and a time that access point corresponding to Bxxxxx is most recently accessed is earliest to the current time (one month ago). The smart phone 50 presents Cxxxxx at a first position of the list 51 of access points from top to down, presents Exxxxx at a second position and presents Bxxxxx at a third position. Meanwhile, the time interval from the time that the smart phone 50 most recently accessed the corresponding access point to the current time is displayed at a designated position 52 at a right side of each SSID.
In step 608, a designated operation with respect to the list of access points is received; and other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points are presented in the list of access points according to a predetermined order.
Wherein the predetermined order includes: a lexicographical order, a far-to-close order of a distance between the wireless access point and the terminal, or a strong-to-weak order of a strength of a signal of the wireless access point received by the terminal.
When a control operation performed in the terminal from the user for presenting identifiers of other access points, the terminal may also present in the list of access points other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifier, among the identifiers of the detected wireless access points, and other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifier may be referred to as non-predetermined identifiers. Since among the identifiers of the wireless access points, a non-predetermined identifier is an access point that the terminal has never accessed, the terminal may present the non-predetermined identifier in the list of access points in an English alphabet order, a strong-to-weak order of the signal or a far-to-close order of the distance.
For example, when they are presented in an English alphabet order, the terminal presents an identifier among these non-predetermined identifiers which has an initial letter in the front of the English dictionary is presented at a top end of the list of access points. For identifiers with a same initial letter, second letters will then be compared according to the English dictionary order, and so on, so forth.
In addition, when the identifiers of these non-predetermined identifiers also include Arabic numerals, the terminal presents the identifiers with initial characters being English letters in priority at the top end of the list of access points, and secondly presents the identifiers with initial characters being Arabic numerals. That is, the priority of English letters is higher than that of Arabic numerals. Similarly, in case where initial characters of identifiers are a same Arabic numeral, second characters of the identifiers will then be compared.
When these non-predetermined identifiers are presented in a strong-to-weak order of the signal or a far-to-close order of the distance, the terminal may measure the strength of the signal sent by each of the access points corresponding to these non-predetermined identifiers, and present these non-predetermined identifiers in the list of access points in a strong-to-weak order of the signal, wherein a non-predetermined identifier corresponding to the strongest signal is presented in priority at the top end of the list of access points, and a non-predetermined identifier corresponding to the weakest signal is presented at the bottom end of the list of access points. Alternatively, the terminal may also measure the distance between each of the access points corresponding to the non-predetermined identifiers and the terminal, and present the non-predetermined identifiers in the list of access points in a far-to-close order of the distance, wherein an identifier of an access point closest to the terminal is presented at the most end of the list of access points, and an identifier of an access point farthest to the terminal is presented at the most end of the list of access points.
Wherein, when the terminal presents other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points, in the list of access points according to a predetermined order, other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points may be presented below the at least one predetermined identifier.
Wherein the terminal may present the identifiers of the detected wireless access points in a same display area of the list of access points, wherein the predetermined identifiers are presented at an upper part of the display area, and the non-predetermined identifiers are presented at a lower part of the display area.
For example, in case where the terminal is a smart phone, the wireless access point is a Wi-Fi access point, the identifier of the access point is a SSID of the access point, and among the SSIDs detected by the smart phone, Bxxxx, Cxxxxx and Exxxxx are predetermined identifiers, Axxxx, Dxxxxx and Fxxxxx are non-predetermined identifiers, referring to Fig.7, which is a schematic diagram of presenting a non-predetermined identifier, wherein at an initial moment, the predetermined identifiers Bxxxx, Cxxxxx and Exxxxx are presented one by one at a top end of a list 71 of access points displayed by a smart phone 70. A "more" tag 72 is below Exxxxx. If he/she does not intend to make the smart phone access to a Wi-Fi access point corresponding to any one of Bxxxx, Cxxxxx and Exxxxx, the user may hit the tag 72. The smart phone 70 presents the non-predetermined identifiers Axxxx, Dxxxxx and Fxxxxx one by one below Exxxxx in the list 71 of access points, for the user to select one of the non-predetermined identifiers to connect, wherein the presenting order is a lexicographical order.
Alternatively, when the terminal presents other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points, in the list of access points according to a predetermined order, the at least one predetermined identifier may also be hidden.
Wherein the terminal may also present the identifiers of the detected wireless access points in two separate display areas up and down in the list of access points, wherein the predetermined identifiers are presented in the upward display area, and the non-predetermined identifiers are presented in the downward display area.
Similarly, in case where the terminal is a smart phone, the wireless access point is a Wi-Fi access point, the identifier of the access point is a SSID of the access point, and among the SSIDs detected by the smart phone, Bxxxx, Cxxxxx and Exxxxx are predetermined identifiers, Axxxx, Dxxxxx and Fxxxxx are non-predetermined identifiers, referring to Fig.8, which is a schematic diagram of presenting another non-predetermined identifier, wherein a list 81 of access points displayed by a smart phone 80 includes two foldable tags up and down, respectively a tag 82 and a tag 83. At an initial moment, the tag 82 is in an unfolded state, and in the unfolded area the predetermined identifiers Bxxxxx, Cxxxxx and Exxxxx are presented one by one. The tag 83 is in a folded state. If he/she does not intend to make the smart phone access to a Wi-Fi access point corresponding to any one of Bxxxx, Cxxxxx and Exxxxx, the user may hit the tag 83. The smart phone 80 unfolds the tag 83, and presents the non-predetermined identifiers Axxxx, Dxxxxx and Fxxxxx one by one in the unfolded area, for the user to select one to connect, wherein the presenting order is a lexicographical order. Meanwhile, the smart phone 80 changes the currently-unfolded tag 82 to the folded state again.
In step 610, the identifier of each of the wireless access points is presented in the list of access points according to a predetermined order.
Wherein the predetermined order includes: a lexicographical order, a far-to-close order of a distance between the wireless access point and the terminal, or a strong-to-weak order of a strength of a signal of the wireless access point received by the terminal.
If it is judged that none of the identifiers of the wireless access points detected by the terminal has a corresponding accessing record stored in the terminal, it means that a wireless access point which the terminal has ever accessed does not exist among the detected wireless access points. In this case, similarly to the order for presenting the non-predetermined identifiers in the above step 608, the identifiers of the wireless access points may be presented in the list of access points in an English alphabet order, a strong-to-weak order of the signal or a far-to-close order of the distance.
For example, when they are presented in an English alphabet order, an identifier of a wireless access point which has an initial letter in the front of the English dictionary is presented at a topmost end of the list of access points. For identifiers with a same initial letter, second letters will then be compared according to the English dictionary order, and so on, so forth.
In addition, when the identifiers of the wireless access points also include Arabic numerals, the terminal presents the identifiers with initial characters being English letters in priority at the topmost end of the list of access points, and secondly presents the identifiers with initial characters being Arabic numerals. That is, the priority of English letters is higher than that of Arabic numerals. Similarly, in case where initial characters of identifiers are a same Arabic numeral, second characters of the identifiers will then be compared.
When the list of access points is presented in a strong-to-weak order of the signal or a far-to-close order of the distance, the terminal may measure the strength of the signal sent by each of the access points, and present the identifiers of the wireless access points in the list of access points in a strong-to-weak order of the signal, wherein an identifier of an access point with the strongest signal is presented at the topmost end of the list of access points, and an identifier of an access point with the weakest signal is presented at the bottommost end of the list of access points. Alternatively, the terminal may also measure the distance between each of the access points and the terminal, and present the identifiers of the wireless access points in the list of access points in a far-to-close order of the distance, wherein an identifier of an access point closest to the terminal is presented at the topmost end of the list of access points, and an identifier of an access point farthest to the terminal is presented at the bottommost end of the list of access points.
In step 612, when the terminal accesses one wireless access point of the wireless access points, an accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the one wireless access point is updated or created.
Wherein when the terminal accesses one wireless access point of the wireless access points, and the one wireless access point is an access point corresponding to a predetermined identifier, the accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the one wireless access point is updated.
When the terminal accesses one wireless access point of the wireless access points, and the one wireless access point is not an access point corresponding to a predetermined identifier, an accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the one wireless access point is created.
For example, in case where the terminal is a smart phone, and the wireless access point is a Wi-Fi access point, each time the smart phone accesses the Wi-Fi access point, a piece of accessing information is generated, and the accessing information contains information such as the time point of the current access. The smart phone updates or creates an accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the Wi-Fi access point according to the accessing information.
For example, when the smart phone has already stored the accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the Wi-Fi access point, the number of times that the smart phone accessed the Wi-Fi access point in the accessing record may be increased by 1. Alternatively, the time that the smart phone most recently accessed the Wi-Fi access point in the accessing record may be updated with the time of the current access.
When the smart phone has not stored an accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the Wi-Fi access point, a piece of accessing record may be newly created, and the number of times that the smart phone accessed the Wi-Fi access point in the accessing record may be set to 1. Alternatively, the time that the smart phone most recently accessed the Wi-Fi access point in the accessing record may be set to the time of the current access. The smart phone stores in local the identifier of the Wi-Fi access point and the newly created accessing record.
Accordingly, in the method for presenting a list of wireless access points provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, by acquiring an identifier of each wireless access point detected by a terminal, if it is judged that at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, the terminal presents the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier, such that an identifier of a wireless access point may be presented in the list of access points in a more conspicuous manner if it is judged that the detected wireless access point is a wireless access point that the terminal has ever been connected to, thereby it may solve the problem in the related art that when a large number of Wi-Fi access points are detected by the terminal, the user cannot quickly find the Wi-Fi access point which he/she intends to access, and it may achieve the objective of saving user's time and improving user experience.
The following are device embodiments of the present disclosure, which may be configured to perform the method embodiments of the present disclosure. For details that are not disclosed in the device embodiments of the present disclosure, reference may be made to the method embodiments of the present disclosure.
Fig.9 is a block diagram of a device for presenting a list of wireless access points according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Fig.9, the device for presenting a list of wireless access points is applied to the terminal 120 in the implementing environment as shown in Fig.1. The device for presenting a list of wireless access points includes but not limited to: an identifier-acquiring module 901, a judging module 902 and a first presenting module 903.
The identifier-acquiring module 901 is configured to acquire an identifier of each wireless access point detected by a terminal.
The judging module 902 is configured to judge whether at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, wherein the predetermined identifier is an identifier corresponding to an accessing record stored in the terminal, and the accessing record comprises historical information indicating that the terminal has ever accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier.
The first presenting module 903 is configured to, if a result of the judging module 902 is that the at least one predetermined identifier exists, present the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier.
Accordingly, in the device for presenting a list of wireless access points provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, by acquiring an identifier of each wireless access point detected by a terminal, if it is judged that at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, the terminal presents the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier, such that an identifier of a wireless access point may be presented in the list of access points in a more conspicuous manner if it is judged that the detected wireless access point is a wireless access point that the terminal has ever been connected to, thereby it may solve the problem in the related art that when a large number of Wi-Fi access points are detected by the terminal, the user cannot quickly find the Wi-Fi access point which he/she intends to access, and it may achieve the objective of saving user's time and improving user experience.
Fig.10 is a block diagram of a device for presenting a list of wireless access points according to another exemplary embodiment. As shown in Fig.10, the device for presenting a list of wireless access points is applied to the terminal 120 in the implementing environment as shown in Fig.1. The device for presenting a list of wireless access points includes but not limited to: an identifier-acquiring module 901, a judging module 902 and a first presenting module 903.
The identifier-acquiring module 901 is configured to acquire an identifier of each wireless access point detected by a terminal.
The judging module 902 is configured to judge whether at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, wherein the predetermined identifier is an identifier corresponding to an accessing record stored in the terminal, and the accessing record comprises historical information indicating that the terminal has ever accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier.
The first presenting module 903 is configured to, if a result of the judging module 902 is that the at least one predetermined identifier exists, present the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier.
Optionally, the first presenting module 903 includes: a first presenting sub-module 903a and a second presenting sub-module 903b.
The first presenting sub-module 903a is configured to, when the accessing record contains a number of times that the terminal accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, present the at least one predetermined identifier at a top end of the list of access points according to a large-to-small order of the number of times that the terminal accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the at least predetermined identifier.
The second presenting sub-module 903b is configured to, when the accessing record contains a time that the terminal most recently accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, present the at least one predetermined identifier at the top end of the list of access points according to a late-to-early order of the time that the terminal most recently accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the at least predetermined identifier.
Optionally, the device further includes: an operation-receiving module 904 and a second presenting module 905.
The operation-receiving module 904 is configured to receive a designated operation with respect to the list of access points.
The second presenting module 905 is configured to present in the list of access points according to a predetermined order other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points.
The predetermined order includes: a lexicographical order, a far-to-close order of a distance between the wireless access point and the terminal, or a strong-to-weak order of a strength of a signal of the wireless access point received by the terminal.
Optionally, the second presenting module 905 is configured to present below the at least one predetermined identifier other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points.
Optionally, the device further includes: a hiding module 906.
The hiding module 906 is configured to hide the at least one predetermined identifier.
Optionally, the device further includes: a third presenting module 907.
The third presenting module 907 is configured to, if the result of the judging module 902 is that the at least one predetermined identifier does not exist, present the identifier of each of the wireless access points in the list of access points according to a predetermined order.
The predetermined order includes: a lexicographical order, a far-to-close order of a distance between the wireless access point and the terminal, or a strong-to-weak order of a strength of a signal of the wireless access point received by the terminal.
Optionally, the device further includes: a record-updating module 908 and a record-creating module 909.
The record-updating module 908 is configured to, when the terminal accesses one wireless access point of the wireless access points, and the one wireless access point is an access point corresponding to a predetermined identifier, update the accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the one wireless access point.
The record-creating module 909 is configured to, when the terminal accesses one wireless access point of the wireless access points, and the one wireless access point is not an access point corresponding to a predetermined identifier, create an accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the one wireless access point.
Accordingly, in the device for presenting a list of wireless access points provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, by acquiring an identifier of each wireless access point detected by a terminal, if it is judged that at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, the terminal presents the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier, such that an identifier of a wireless access point may be presented in the list of access points in a more conspicuous manner if it is judged that the detected wireless access point is a wireless access point that the terminal has ever been connected to, thereby it may solve the problem in the related art that when a large number of Wi-Fi access points are detected by the terminal, the user cannot quickly find the Wi-Fi access point which he/she intends to access, and it may achieve the objective of saving user's time and improving user experience.
With respect to the devices in the above embodiments, specific operations performed by each modules have been described in detail in the embodiments of related method, and detailed description are omitted herein.
Fig.11 is a block diagram of a terminal 1100 for presenting a list of wireless access points according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the terminal 1100 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a gaming console, a tablet, a medical device, exercise equipment, a personal digital assistant, and the like.
Referring to Fig.11, the terminal 1100 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 1102, a memory 1104, a power component 1106, a multimedia component 1108, an audio component 1110, an input/output (I/O) interface 1112, a sensor component 1114, and a communication component 1116.
The processing component 1102 typically controls overall operations of the terminal 1100, such as the operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 1102 may include one or more processors 1118 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps in the above described methods. Moreover, the processing component 1102 may include one or more modules which facilitate the interaction between the processing component 1102 and other components. For instance, the processing component 1102 may include a multimedia module to facilitate the interaction between the multimedia component 1108 and the processing component 1102.
The memory 1104 is configured to store various types of data to support the operation of the terminal 1100. Examples of such data include instructions for any applications or methods operated on the terminal 1100, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, video, etc. The memory 1104 may be implemented using any type of volatile or non-volatile memory devices, or a combination thereof, such as a static random access memory (SRAM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), a read-only memory (ROM), a magnetic memory, a flash memory, a magnetic or optical disk. The memory 1104 also stores one or more modules configured to be executed by one or more processors 1118, to perform all or part of the steps of the method as shown in any one of the above Figs. 2, 3 and 6.
The power component 1106 provides power to various components of the terminal 1100. The power component 1106 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and any other components associated with the generation, management, and distribution of power in the terminal 1100.
The multimedia component 1108 includes a screen providing an output interface between the terminal 1100 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes the touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensors may not only sense a boundary of a touch or swipe action, but also sense a period of time and a pressure associated with the touch or swipe action. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 1108 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. The front camera and the rear camera may receive an external multimedia datum while the terminal 1100 is in an operation mode, such as a photographing mode or a video mode. Each of the front camera and the rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have focus and optical zoom capability.
The audio component 1110 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 1110 includes a microphone ("MIC") configured to receive an external audio signal when the terminal 1100 is in an operation mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signal may be further stored in the memory 1104 or transmitted via the communication component 1116. In some embodiments, the audio component 1110 further includes a speaker to output audio signals.
The I/O interface 1112 provides an interface between the processing component 1102 and peripheral interface modules, such as a keyboard, a click wheel, buttons, and the like. The buttons may include, but are not limited to, a home button, a volume button, a starting button, and a locking button.
The sensor component 1114 includes one or more sensors to provide status assessments of various aspects of the terminal 1100. For instance, the sensor component 1114 may detect an open/closed status of the terminal 1100, relative positioning of components, e.g., the display and the keypad, of the terminal 1100, a change in position of the terminal 1100 or a component of the terminal 1100, a presence or absence of user contact with the terminal 1100, an orientation or an acceleration/deceleration of the terminal 1100, and a change in temperature of the terminal 1100. The sensor component 1114 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor component 1114 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 1114 may also include an accelerometer sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.
The communication component 1116 is configured to facilitate communication, wired or wirelessly, between the terminal 1100 and other devices. The terminal 1100 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G, or 3G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1116 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast associated information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1116 further includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on a radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, an infrared data association (IrDA) technology, an ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, a Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.
In exemplary embodiments, the terminal 1100 may be implemented with one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, or other electronic components, for performing the above method.
In exemplary embodiments, there is also provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions, such as included in the memory 1104, executable by the processor 1118 in the terminal 1100, for performing the methods for presenting a list of wireless access points. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disc, an optical data storage device, and the like.
It will be appreciated that the present invention is not limited to the exact construction that has been described above and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope thereof. It is intended that the scope of the invention only be limited by the appended claims.

Claims

A method for presenting a list of wireless access points, characterized in that, the method comprises:
acquiring (202, 302, 602) an identifier of each wireless access point detected by a terminal;

judging (204, 304, 604) whether at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, wherein the predetermined identifier is an identifier corresponding to an accessing record stored in the terminal, and the accessing record comprises historical information indicating that the terminal has ever accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier; and

if a result of the judging is that the at least one predetermined identifier exists, presenting (206, 306, 606) the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier.
The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, presenting the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier, comprises:
when the accessing record contains a number of times that the terminal accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, presenting the at least one predetermined identifier at a top end of the list of access points according to a large-to-small order of the number of times that the terminal accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the at least predetermined identifier; and

when the accessing record contains a time that the terminal most recently accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, presenting the at least one predetermined identifier at the top end of the list of access points according to a late-to-early order of the time that the terminal most recently accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the at least predetermined identifier.
The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, the method further comprises:
receiving (608) a designated operation with respect to the list of access points; and

presenting in the list of access points according to a predetermined order other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points,

wherein the predetermined order comprising:
a lexicographical order,

a far-to-close order of a distance between the wireless access point and the terminal, or

a strong-to-weak order of a strength of a signal of the wireless access point received by the terminal.
The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, presenting in the list of access points according to a predetermined order other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points, comprises:
presenting below the at least one predetermined identifier other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points.
The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, the method further comprises:
hiding the at least one predetermined identifier.
The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, the method further comprises:
if the result of the judging is that the at least one predetermined identifier does not exist, presenting (308, 610) the identifier of each of the wireless access points in the list of access points according to a predetermined order,

wherein the predetermined order comprising:
a lexicographical order,

a far-to-close order of a distance between the wireless access point and the terminal, or

a strong-to-weak order of a strength of a signal of the wireless access point received by the terminal.
The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, the method further comprises:
when the terminal accesses one wireless access point of the wireless access points, and the one wireless access point is an access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, updating (612) the accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the wireless access point; and

when the terminal accesses one wireless access point of the wireless access points, and the one wireless access point is not an access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, creating an accessing record corresponding to the identifier of the wireless access point.
A device for presenting a list of wireless access points, characterized in that, the device comprises:
an identifier-acquiring module (901), configured to acquire an identifier of each wireless access points detected by a terminal;

a judging module (902), configured to judge whether at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, wherein the predetermined identifier is an identifier corresponding to an accessing record stored in the terminal, and the accessing record comprises historical information indicating that the terminal has ever accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier; and

a first presenting module (903), configured to, if a result of the judging module is that the at least one predetermined identifier exists, present the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier.
The device according to claim 8, characterized in that, the first presenting module comprises:
a first presenting sub-module (903a), configured to, when the accessing record contains a number of times that the terminal accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, present the at least one predetermined identifier at a top end of the list of access points according to a large-to-small order of the number of times that the terminal accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the at least predetermined identifier; and

a second presenting sub-module (903b), configured to, when the accessing record contains a time that the terminal most recently accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier, present the at least one predetermined identifier at the top end of the list of access points according to a late-to-early order of the time that the terminal most recently accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the at least predetermined identifier.
The device according to claim 8, characterized in that, the device further comprises:
an operation-receiving module (904), configured to receive a designated operation with respect to the list of access points; and

a second presenting module (905), configured to present in the list of access points according to a predetermined order other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points,

where the predetermined order comprises:
a lexicographical order,

a far-to-close order of a distance between the wireless access point and the terminal, or

a strong-to-weak order of a strength of a signal of the wireless access point received by the terminal.
The device according to claim 10, characterized in that, the second presenting module is configured to present below the at least one predetermined identifier other identifiers apart from the predetermined identifiers, among the identifiers of the wireless access points.
The device according to claim 10, characterized in that, the device further comprises:
a hiding module (906), configured to hide the at least one predetermined identifier.
The device according to claim 8, characterized in that, the device further comprises:
a third presenting module (907), configured to, if the result of the judging module is that the at least one predetermined identifier does not exist, present the identifier of each of the wireless access points in the list of access points according to a predetermined order,

wherein the predetermined order comprises:
a lexicographical order,

a far-to-close order of a distance between the wireless access point and the terminal, or

a strong-to-weak order of a strength of a signal of the wireless access point received by the terminal.
A terminal for presenting a list of wireless access points, characterized in that, the terminal comprises:
a processor (1118); and

a memory (1104) for storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to perform:
acquiring an identifier of each wireless access point detected by the terminal;

judging whether at least one predetermined identifier exists among the identifiers of the wireless access points, wherein the predetermined identifier is an identifier corresponding to an accessing record stored in the terminal, and the accessing record comprises historical information indicating that the terminal has ever accessed the wireless access point corresponding to the predetermined identifier; and

if a result of the judging is that the at least one predetermined identifier exists, presenting the at least one predetermined identifier in the list of access points according to the accessing record corresponding to the at least one predetermined identifier.
A computer program, which when executed on a processor of a terminal, performs a method according to any one of claims 1-7.